Intel Core i7-13650HX vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT

Core i7-13650HX vs Ryzen 9 5900XT specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 5900XT beats the Core i7-13650HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-13650HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 5900XT has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-13650HX that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13650HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 5900XT has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-13650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-13650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 5900XT has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-13650HX. The Ryzen 9 5900XT also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-13650HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.